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Nitrogen use efficiency by country

Countries reporting
205
Highest
649.03
Solomon Islands
Lowest
0.0975
Qatar
Median
47.58
Years covered
54
1961–2014
Data points
10,031

What the numbers show

Nitrogen use efficiency is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 649.03 in Solomon Islands; the lowest is 0.0975 in Qatar.

The median across all reporting countries is 47.58, and the mean is 58.68.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6,659.

Over the past decade 124 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Singapore (up 561.7%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 95.6%).

Nitrogen use efficiency: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Solomon Islands 649.03 2014 up 87.6% rising
2 Equatorial Guinea 506.18 2014 up 302.8% volatile
3 Malaysia 262.09 2014 up 52.5% volatile
4 Sao Tome and Principe 178.63 2014 up 67.0% falling
5 Kazakhstan 175.75 2014 up 29.6% rising
6 Syria 175.21 2014 up 167.4% volatile
7 Benin 170.97 2014 down 8.7% rising
8 Tokelau 158.72 2014 down 30.7% rising
9 Marshall Islands 158.41 2013 down 16.4% rising
10 Papua New Guinea 151.52 2014 up 51.5% rising
11 French Guiana 146.71 2014 up 120.2% volatile
12 Ghana 136.76 2014 up 12.7% rising
13 Cameroon 129.16 2014 up 74.0% rising
14 Rwanda 126.85 2014 up 33.3% falling
15 Russia 125.2 2014 up 17.4% rising
16 Congo 124.99 2014 up 52.3% flat
17 Democratic Republic of Congo 122.14 2014 up 33.9% falling
18 Ukraine 120.05 2014 down 12.5% rising
19 Argentina 118.44 2014 up 22.2% flat
20 Romania 107.17 2014 up 29.8% rising
21 Togo 106.46 2014 down 14.3% falling
22 Dominica 104.38 2014 up 200.4% volatile
23 Tanzania 103.63 2014 up 16.4% flat
24 Burundi 102.99 2014 up 6.7% falling
25 Nigeria 100.14 2014 down 0.4% falling
26 Moldova 98.5 2014 down 37.6% rising
27 Palestine 98.31 2014 up 87.7% rising
28 Uganda 98.03 2014 up 27.4% falling
29 Lithuania 96.5 2014 up 21.4% rising
30 Burkina Faso 95.93 2014 up 15.2% rising
31 Martinique 94.65 2014 up 2.0% volatile
32 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 94.38 2014 up 21.2% volatile
33 Guam 93.49 2014 down 50.3% rising
34 Hungary 92.95 2014 up 23.2% rising
35 Chad 87.59 2014 up 9.7% falling
36 Ireland 86.9 2014 up 30.0% rising
37 Austria 86 2014 up 40.3% rising
38 Ethiopia 85.29 2014 up 16.8% rising
39 Angola 83.73 2014 up 27.1% falling
40 Niger 83.65 2014 up 60.5% rising
41 Paraguay 82.48 2014 down 21.3% rising
42 Iraq 81.39 2014 up 59.5% volatile
43 Haiti 80.9 2014 up 85.7% flat
44 Indonesia 80.38 2014 up 42.1% rising
45 Sierra Leone 78.89 2014 up 51.2% falling
46 Denmark 74.29 2014 up 13.7% rising
47 France 73.87 2014 up 14.6% rising
48 Comoros 72.62 2014 up 29.8% flat
49 Guinea 72.1 2014 down 14.9% falling
50 United States 71.61 2014 up 10.1% rising
51 Serbia 70.33 2014 up 22.5% rising
52 Slovakia 70.15 2014 up 8.6% flat
53 Bolivia 70.12 2014 up 12.8% rising
54 Laos 68.55 2014 up 63.0% rising
55 Azerbaijan 67.83 2014 down 33.1% rising
56 Guadeloupe 67.11 2014 up 62.3% volatile
57 Niue 66.77 2013 up 75.5% falling
58 Tuvalu 66.75 2013 up 561.3% volatile
59 United Kingdom 66.69 2014 up 23.6% rising
60 Estonia 65.35 2014 up 9.8% rising
61 Kyrgyzstan 65.22 2014 down 27.2% flat
62 Mozambique 64.43 2014 down 32.8% falling
63 Grenada 62.63 2014 up 8.5% falling
64 Germany 62.62 2014 up 0.7% rising
65 Guinea-Bissau 62.24 2014 down 6.2% rising
66 Uruguay 62.17 2014 up 78.7% rising
67 American Samoa 62.05 2014 up 54.9% rising
68 Australia 62.01 2014 up 16.6% rising
69 Kenya 61.95 2014 up 29.7% falling
70 Liberia 61.7 2014 down 0.0% rising
71 Latvia 61.41 2014 down 36.6% falling
72 Madagascar 61.31 2014 up 11.6% rising
73 Mali 60.2 2014 up 59.6% rising
74 Myanmar 60.1 2014 up 10.3% rising
75 Canada 59.54 2014 down 13.5% falling
76 Afghanistan 59.52 2014 up 23.9% falling
77 South Africa 59.38 2014 up 39.7% falling
78 Turkey 59.01 2014 down 0.4% falling
79 Kiribati 58.56 2014 down 47.3% rising
80 Brazil 57.55 2014 up 12.2% falling
81 Bulgaria 57.51 2014 up 7.5% rising
82 North Macedonia 57.28 2014 down 6.4% falling
83 Finland 57.08 2014 up 20.5% rising
84 Honduras 57.02 2014 up 64.1% falling
85 Gabon 56.85 2014 down 8.5% falling
86 Gambia 56.79 2014 down 17.5% rising
87 Czechia 56.02 2014 down 10.7% rising
88 Iran 56 2014 up 48.0% falling
89 Malawi 55.78 2014 up 2.2% falling
90 Morocco 55.16 2014 down 17.3% falling
91 Tajikistan 54.39 2014 down 49.1% falling
92 Sudan 53.26 2014 up 43.8% falling
93 Sweden 53.01 2014 up 17.6% rising
94 Italy 52.64 2014 up 6.8% rising
95 Bhutan 50.49 2014 down 0.1% flat
96 Croatia 50.34 2014 up 30.2% flat
97 Greece 50.25 2014 down 30.3% rising
98 East Timor 48.78 2014 up 12.5% rising
99 Zambia 48.55 2014 up 17.7% falling
100 Uzbekistan 48.48 2014 down 26.5% falling
101 Eritrea 48.32 2014 up 49.5% rising
102 Cambodia 48.06 2014 up 41.5% rising
103 Tunisia 47.58 2014 down 9.8% falling
104 Armenia 46.64 2014 down 28.4% falling
105 Mexico 45.74 2014 down 3.9% falling
106 Vanuatu 45.62 2014 up 43.5% falling
107 USSR 45.37 1991 up 12.4% falling
108 Poland 45.27 2014 down 14.6% rising
109 French Polynesia 44.77 2014 up 55.4% volatile
110 Guatemala 44.54 2014 up 78.5% falling
111 Nauru 44.31 2014 down 23.8% falling
112 Nepal 43.63 2014 down 21.6% rising
113 Lesotho 43.49 2014 down 5.3% falling
114 Belarus 43.39 2014 down 2.3% falling
115 Senegal 41.9 2014 down 9.0% falling
116 North Korea 41.85 2014 up 8.9% rising
117 Central African Republic 41.08 2014 up 4.5% falling
118 Ecuador 39.94 2014 up 27.4% falling
119 Guyana 39.56 2014 up 87.9% rising
120 Philippines 39.4 2014 up 27.5% rising
121 Zimbabwe 38.35 2014 down 42.8% falling
122 Thailand 38.22 2014 up 27.9% falling
123 Egypt 37.33 2014 up 0.1% falling
124 Tonga 37.17 2014 up 130.2% volatile
125 Netherlands 37.1 2014 down 1.3% rising
126 Switzerland 36.66 2014 up 0.6% falling
127 Spain 36.39 2014 down 9.6% falling
128 Chile 36.14 2014 up 3.1% falling
129 Belgium 35.97 2014 up 16.4% rising
130 India 34.34 2014 up 14.0% falling
131 Nicaragua 34.09 2014 down 4.7% falling
132 Vietnam 33.01 2014 up 47.0% falling
133 Albania 32.8 2014 down 15.0% falling
134 Samoa 32.31 2014 up 0.3% falling
135 Oman 32.04 2014 up 0.8% falling
136 China 32.02 2014 up 11.8% falling
137 Peru 31.47 2014 down 1.6% falling
138 El Salvador 30.81 2014 up 3.8% falling
139 Algeria 30.08 2014 down 48.3% falling
140 Belize 30.02 2014 down 31.6% falling
141 Slovenia 29.99 2014 up 7.6% rising
142 Israel 29 2014 up 13.1% falling
143 Cape Verde 28.64 2014 up 7.8% volatile
144 Bangladesh 27.99 2014 up 15.7% falling
145 Japan 27.87 2014 up 34.6% falling
146 Yemen 27.84 2014 down 23.7% volatile
147 Libya 27.08 2014 up 56.1% falling
148 Pakistan 26.72 2014 down 7.9% falling
149 Bermuda 26.19 2014 up 14.6% volatile
150 Colombia 25.88 2014 down 14.3% falling
151 Jamaica 25.45 2014 up 67.3% falling
152 South Korea 25.16 2014 up 13.2% falling
153 Costa Rica 24.27 2014 down 8.1% rising
154 Turkmenistan 24.25 2014 down 69.7% volatile
155 Lebanon 24.15 2014 down 2.4% falling
156 Saint Kitts and Nevis 23.93 2014 down 42.2% volatile
157 Suriname 22.3 2014 up 23.0% falling
158 Namibia 22.04 2014 up 13.4% rising
159 Cuba 21.64 2014 down 45.9% volatile
160 Panama 21.05 2014 up 0.5% falling
161 Norway 20.35 2014 down 13.1% rising
162 Dominican Republic 20.15 2014 up 28.7% falling
163 Sri Lanka 20.11 2014 up 2.8% falling
164 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.21 2014 down 63.2% falling
165 Portugal 19.2 2014 down 47.9% rising
166 Luxembourg 18.29 2014 down 46.3% falling
167 Venezuela 18.1 2014 up 3.6% falling
168 Mauritania 17.37 2014 up 60.9% rising
169 Bahamas 17.27 2014 up 54.6% falling
170 Seychelles 16.74 2014 up 56.8% volatile
171 Maldives 16.58 2014 down 91.2% falling
172 Fiji 15.81 2014 up 45.1% falling
173 Jordan 15.25 2014 down 7.6% volatile
174 Antigua and Barbuda 14.08 2014 up 8.0% volatile
175 Georgia 14.03 2014 down 70.7% falling
176 Malta 12.87 2014 down 44.6% falling
177 United States Virgin Islands 12.43 1965 — rising
178 Montenegro 12.4 2014 down 32.3% falling
179 Kuwait 11.56 2014 up 218.5% volatile
180 Mauritius 11.23 2014 down 10.9% falling
181 Somalia 10.6 2014 down 24.0% rising
182 Faroe Islands 10.58 2014 down 24.9% rising
183 Montserrat 10.31 2014 up 15.4% volatile
184 Saint Lucia 9.97 2014 down 70.4% volatile
185 Cyprus 9.33 2014 down 63.1% falling
186 Bahrain 8.78 2014 down 45.0% volatile
187 Puerto Rico 7.49 2014 up 2.3% volatile
188 Barbados 7.36 2014 up 66.6% falling
189 Cook Islands 7.03 2014 down 44.3% volatile
190 Djibouti 6.99 2014 down 11.6% volatile
191 New Caledonia 6.97 2014 down 3.4% falling
192 Mongolia 6.67 2014 up 63.1% falling
193 United Arab Emirates 6.36 2014 down 42.2% volatile
194 Cayman Islands 6.27 2014 up 4.4% falling
195 Saudi Arabia 5.4 2014 down 79.6% volatile
196 New Zealand 5.23 2014 down 47.7% falling
197 Western Sahara 5.19 2014 down 16.8% rising
198 Botswana 4.47 2014 down 69.0% falling
199 Singapore 2.21 2014 up 561.7% volatile
200 Trinidad and Tobago 2.13 2014 down 37.7% volatile
201 British Virgin Islands 1.84 2014 up 4.8% rising
202 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.8552 2014 up 2.6% volatile
203 Brunei 0.7797 2014 down 12.9% volatile
204 Iceland 0.2121 2014 down 29.4% rising
205 Qatar 0.0975 2014 down 95.6% volatile

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Indicator
Nitrogen use efficiency
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
205 places, 10,031 data points, 1961–2014
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